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Can a Hindu girl and Muslim boy eat ice cream together? Karnataka BJP chief replies positively!

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April 11, 2019

Newsroom, Apr 11: Former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, who heads the State unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party, which is known for endorsing “immoral policing” in coastal Karnataka, has indirectly justified the intermingling of youth belonging to different religions and genders.

The septuagenarian leader was answering to a question posed by Mangaluru based activist-journalist Vidya Dinker on the BJP’s stance on inter-religious conflicts in the State in an exclusive interview to online news giant Firstpost amidst intensified campaign for 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

“In my district, Dakshina Kannada, if a Hindu girl and a Muslim boy eat ice cream together (in a parlour), they will be beaten up by groups like Bajrang Dal, Hindu Yava Sena and Hindu Jagarana Vedike... What’s your take on this?” was the question.

“My stance is very clear. Hindus, Muslims and Christians should live like the children of the same mother. This is the stance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders of BJP too... We don’t differentiate among people on the basis of their religion,” replied Mr Yeddyurappa bluntly.

“May be one or two percent people (in BJP) might have done mistake. We have already warned them,” he added, without mentioning the name of his bête noire within BJP, K S Eshwarappa, whose recent remarks against Muslims had triggered a controversy.

To another query, Mr Yeddyurappa said that the saffron party fully endorsed the Indian Constitution drafted by Dr B R Ambedkar. He claimed that BJP leader and union minister Anant Kumar Hegede had threatened to change the constitution ‘by mistake’. “Later, he apologised in the Lok Sabha (for his comment against the constitution)” he said.

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Jane D  
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Thursday, 11 Apr 2019

The question and answer has no direct connection. So it’s a negative answer. Not positive

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April 29,2020

Newsroom, Apr 29: Abdul Rahman Al Sudais, the imam of the Grand Mosque in Makkah has hinted that Muslims will be allowed to perform prayers again at the holiest mosque after a few days. 

Al Sudais, who is also the president of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, predicted this while answering a question from a reporter about the possibility of having worshippers gather again at the mosque.

He said that soon people will be allowed to return to the mosque for prayers and for circumambulation around the holy Kaaba.

The authorities care about people more than anything else, he said. "All Muslims should pray to Allah to help us through this pandemic. People must be careful and take necessary precautions to protect themselves and others," he added.

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April 19,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 19: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister CN Ashwath Narayan on Sunday said that "only essential and critical number of" employees of the Information Technology (IT) companies will be allowed to work from offices from April 20 onwards in Bengaluru, while others will have to continue working from home.

"Only essential and critical number of employees required will be allowed to turn up. In the next two days, it will be reviewed and a suitable decision will be taken. 

All the details will be communicated to the IT companies," Narayan said here.

Earlier on Saturday, in a meeting to review COVID-19 situation in Karnataka, it was considered that one-third of the employees of IT and biotechnology companies could be allowed to work from the office premises, while the rest should continue to work from home.

Earlier on April 17, the Deputy CM, after holding a video conference meeting with heads of the IT and biotechnology companies, had told reporters that up to 50 per cent of the workforce would have the opportunity to function from office premises after April 20.

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March 30,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 30: The total number of COVID-19 cases in Karnataka has climbed to 88 on Sunday after five more persons tested positive for the lethal infection.

"Five more COVID-19 cases reported in Karnataka taking positive cases in the state to 88," said the State health department.

Of the five, one is a close contact of an earlier confirmed patient and the others are workers of a pharmaceutical company in Mysuru, from where a person had tested positive, the department said.

The country is under a 21-day lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus, which according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, has infected 1,071 people so far.

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